Quotes About Fame

I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.

You know, you get famous and you work in these weird jobs and you don't have a lot in common with people. But once you have kids, you have everything in common with everybody.

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!

I think that under ordinary circumstances (i.e., neither person is famous), it's already hard enough to make a long-term romantic relationship work, but add fame to the calculus.

Geniuses are at work in the rock music field, and great popularity is no proof you aren't good.

A lot of people don't want to put that work in they just want to be famous.

With my son, I work very hard to keep him away from the press and media and I want an opportunity for him to lead as normal a life as possible.

I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.

The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed.

I don't care if I ever work in TV again.

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.

If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

When I am told that I am a huge star, I accept it, knowing that success is relative - the films I do have to work.

I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least one can do.

I would rather not work than play in a movie that nobody watches.

The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my house, following me to work... Then Tom Brokaw and everybody else was doing stories, 'A star is born.'

I'm not going to complain about the fact that people are paying attention to my work. I suppose that wouldn't be fair.

I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.

Fame invades your private life. It takes away from the time that you spend with friends, and the time that you can work. It tends to isolate you from the real world.

Because my life has been so notorious and so bad, it can overshadow my work.

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.

Everyone wants to be a movie star or a model, to be in the papers, but few realise just what hard work it is, getting up early, and so on.

There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work.

I'm not a popular actor. I don't necessarily want to be famous. I want to be known for great work. I want to be known to surprise audiences.